Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in Northeastern Brazil: a clinical, histopathologic, and molecular study
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) appears to have different characteristics in Northeastern Brazil. This disease is caused by a virus called HTLV-I, which is a retrovirus distantly related to HIV. A study of 28 patients with ATL in Bahia, Brazil revealed significant differences between ATL in this region and the same disease in other countries. The patients were younger than those in other countries and were predominantly men. Many of the patients were of African ancestry.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1999
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HIV-1 subtypes among blood donors from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Many Brazilians are infected with strains of HIV that are not detected by some HIV tests. Researchers tested 43 units of blood donated to blood centers that tested positive on five different HIV tests. Seventy-seven percent were subtype B, 14% were subtype F and 9% appeared to be viral strains combining the characteristics of subtypes B and F or B and D. Brazil has the highest HIV infection rate in Latin America.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1999
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HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections in hematologic disorder patients, cancer patients, and healthy individuals from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) infect 29% of patients with T-cell malignancies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ten percent of multiple-blood-transfusion recipients, 0.5% of healthy blood donors, and 28% of family members of patients with HTLV infections have the diseases.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1997
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